The Palestine national under-23 football team (), also known as the Palestine Olympic football team, represents

Palestine Palestine, officially the State of Palestine, is a country in West Asia. Recognized by International recognition of Palestine, 147 of the UN's 193 member states, it encompasses the Israeli-occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and th ...

in international

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competitions in the

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

, the

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the 1951 Asian Games, first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until ...

, and the

AFC U-23 Asian Cup The AFC U-23 Asian Cup, previously the AFC U-22 Championship (in 2013) and AFC U-23 Championship (between 2016 and 2020), is a biennial international football competition organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the men's under-23 n ...

, as well as any other under-23 international football tournament. The team also serves as the national under-22 football team of Palestine. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except for the Olympics which allows the men's team up to three overage players. The team is controlled by the

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. The side has never qualified for the Olympic Games. They have participated five times in the

and once in the

Competitive record

Summer Olympic Games

AFC U-23 Asian Cup

WAFF U-23 Championship

Asian Games

Arab Games

Recent results and matches

2025

Players

Current squad

The following 19 players were named in the squad for the

2022 Asian Games The 2022 Asian Games (), officially the 19th Asian Games () and also known as Hangzhou 2022 ( zh, c=, s=杭州2022, labels=no), were a continental multi-sport event which was held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The ...

. Originally named in the squad, Rami Hamadeh, Omar Kayed, Adham Khwailed, Hamza Hussein, Mahmoud Abu Warda, Dawoud Iraqi,

Ahmed Daghim Ahmed Daghim (born 7 April 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as winger for Danish 1st Division club B.93. Born in Denmark, he has represented Palestine most recently at youth level. He is the older brother of fellow professional foo ...

and Gibrán Haj Yousef withdrew due to their club's refusal to release them. * Over-aged player.

Recent call ups

^WD ^WD ^WD ^WD ^WD ^WD ^WD ^WD ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury
^PRE Preliminary squad
^WD Player withdrawn from the squad.

Previous squads

AFC U-23 Asian Cup * 2018 AFC U-23 Asian Cup squad Asian Games * Asian Games 2002 squad * Asian Games 2006 squad * Asian Games 2010 squad * Asian Games 2014 squad * Asian Games 2018 squad Arab Games * Arab Games 2023 squad

References

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